A new article published by the Greensboro News and Record prominently trumpets the fact that there is a fairly sharp drop in the number of North Carolina residents signing up for Obamacare. The decrease is 22.5 percent or 219,000 less residents than last year. The “journalist” is eager to point […]
Tag: health policy
Medicaid Expansion Wasn’t Such A Great Idea
Donny Lambeth, quoted in the video below, was one of the prime movers and architects of Medicaid expansion. Now the Raleigh Republicans are having to deal with the reality of decreased federal funding. This arose within three years of when they passed Medicaid expansion: (HT: Carolina Plott Hound)
Using Organs Of Assisted Suicide Victims
Transplantation is a positive good for many patients. However, when the organs have been harvested from those who died of medically assisted suicide, major league ethical red flags arise:
Millionaires Eligible For Medicaid In North Carolina
The John Locke Foundation reports that Medicaid expansion under Obamacare has one largely unrecognized defect. It qualifies folks by income; and ignores the amount of total assets they might have. Therefore, those with assets of a million dollars or more can qualify for Medicaid under Obamacare. Recall that Republicans in […]
Scott Jennings Takes On Thom Tillis
Scott Jennings didn’t wait for introductions before lighting a fuse on CNN’s panel. He went directly after Senator Thom Tillis, dismissing his criticism of the GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill as not just wrong, but politically clueless. “I think he's wrong,” Jennings said without… pic.twitter.com/dZEnfWZK0t — The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) […]
What Do They Do Now About Medicaid Expansion In NC?
A good article at Carolina Journal discusses the fact that the recently passed Big, Beautiful Bill in Washington will likely cause the invalidation of Medicaid expansion in North Carolina. Of course, Governor Josh Stein is demagoguing the situation. He and the other socialists will capitalize if the Raleigh Republicans do […]
Medicaid Expansion In NC Threatened By “Big, Beautiful Bill”
First things first. The bill is certainly big, but it has never been beautiful. It is very difficult to know what is in it at this point, and what is not. There is more work to do to get it passed, in any event. Now, Carolina Journal is reporting that […]
Giving A Sole Senator A Veto
This Republican Senator from Louisiana– Bill Cassidy– is a physician. He essentially is stating that RFK Jr. gave him a veto over Trump’s policies regarding vaccines in exchange for his vote in favor of confirmation. While he mouths concerns over health, he glosses over the fact that the CDC’s recommended […]